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Celebrate Connected Educator Month with Digital Citizenship Week, Oct. 21-25 2013

Open Badges has teamed up with Connected Educators to create a badge system for Connected Educator Month this October.

Nearly 200 participating organizations are providing a variety of interactive online professional learning opportunities, such as webinars, live chats, open houses, book clubs, contests, projects, and digital badges for connected educators to earn.

This year, in conjunction with Connected Educator Month, Common Sense Media is hosting Digital Citizenship Week from Oct. 21-25. Throughout the week, educators, schools, afterschool groups, companies, and non-profit organizations hosting webinars, chats, hangouts and other online events all aimed at building awareness of digitial citizenship as a set of defined, teachable skills, making resources available for engaging parents, educators, students and lawmakers across the country as key stakeholders in making sure kids navigate the online world safely and responsibly.

Join Common Sense Media for Digital Citizenship Week and engage students, teachers, and families in your community in thinking critically, behaving safely, and participating responsibly online. It’s a great way to celebrate Connected Educator Month, so dive into the suggested activities and resources. And be sure to post what you’re doing to the Connected Educator Month calendar and tag your plans as “digital citizenship week” to inspire others to get involved.

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Empower Students

Digital Citizenship Week is a great time to jump-start, renew, or double down on your school's commitment to engaging students in learning important digital citizenship skills. So explore these activities and pick the ones right for your school and community. Each activity links to all the materials you'll need for implementation. Remember to add your plans to the Connected Educator Month calendar and tag them as "digital citizenship week."

Engage Families

Take a whole-community approach by engaging your parent community in digital citizenship. From simply distributing materials to holding a workshop, we’ve got all the resources you need. Remember to add your plans to the Connected Educator Month calendar and tag them as “digital citizenship week.”

Connect Teachers

Get inspired by, learn from, and make connections with other educators around the world addressing digital citizenship in their communities. After all, it is Connected Educator Month! Remember to add your plans to the Connected Educator Month calendar and tag them as “digital citizenship week.”

More resources:

Matt Davis lists 6 Resources for Digital Citizenship Week at Edutopia

Cable in the Classroom provides awesome social media promotional prompts, including sample tweets and Facebook posts!

The Importance of Digital Citizenship in Social Media, by Andrew Marcinek